Luiz Felipe Scolari feels pinch of recession at Chelsea

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The Chelsea manager has been told that he must sell before he buys players as his club adjust to economic circumstances

Luiz Felipe Scolari has been told that he will have to sell players if he wants to add to his squad during the January transfer window. The Chelsea manager had expected to be given some of the £28 million that was set aside to sign Robinho in the summer before the club were gazumped by Manchester City on transfer deadline day, but, with Chelsea looking to cut costs across all areas of their business, the money will no longer be forthcoming.

Scolari had shrugged off comments from Peter Kenyon that Chelsea would not be “active” in January, but since the